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Composition of the Court Court is requested to give an opinion on the constitutional validity of a Bill adopted by the Oireachtas when referred to it by the President of Ireland under Article 26 of the Constitution A minimum of five Judges is also required should the Court have to determine pursuant to Article 12 of the Constitution whether the President has become permanently incapacitated In addition to those cases in which it is required by the Constitution a court composed of five Judges or exceptionally seven Judges will sit for appeals involving questions of law of particular importance or complexity Where an insufficient number of Judges of the Supreme Court are available the Chief Justice may request any ordinary Judge of the High Court to sit as a member of the Supreme Court for the hearing of a particular appeal Interlocutory applications and procedural matters or issues may be determined by the Chief Justice sitting alone or another judge of the Supreme Court nominated by the Chief Justice Order of Precedence among the Judges The Courts of Justice Act 1924 as amended provides for the order of precedence between judges of the Supreme Court as follows i the Chief Justice ii the President

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